Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked foreign policy and growing up in the Chicagoland area during a book tour stop here on Wednesday. But she didn’t address speculation about a possible 2016 presidential run.

An Indiana state lawmaker said this week he plans to introduce a bill that would change how signatures are gathered to put candidates on the state's ballot.The proposal comes in response to allegations that dozens of signatures were forged in St.

Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Burma, one of most repressive countries in the world, was the first by a U.S. secretary of state since 1955. Worldview explores the improvement in U.S.–Burma relations with Maureen Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project at the Open Society Institute.

Syria bolstered security around the U.S. embassy in Damascus after Monday’s attack by a pro-government mob on the compound drew worldwide rebuke. After weeks of restrained U.S. reaction to Syria’s brutal crackdown on democracy protestors, diplomatic exchanges between the countries are now tense.